Month: February 2012

by Jeff Skinner As expected in today’s press conference at the Honda Classic, Tiger Woods deflected any questions about the excerpts from the forthcoming Hank Haney book The Big Miss. Previously has said he isn’t happy with Haney and has tried to avoid answering any questions about the book. Truth be told, Tiger picks and chooses his answers to every question and rarely gives any insightful responses to the press. Many reporters are left waiting for an answer and Woods… Continue Reading →

by Jeff Skinner It is no secret that Tiger Woods is the biggest name in golf. In the past fifteen years he is by far the most popular (and unpopular) golfer on the planet. His presence has transformed the PGA Tour and made millionaires out of hundreds of men that play professional golf. Anyone near Tiger Woods until his scandal was swept along in the tsunami that was Tiger Woods. One of those fortunate few was Hank Haney. Haney was… Continue Reading →

by Jeff Skinner The approval of the changes to the PGA Tour that the Tour has been touting to the players looks like a mere formality. Tim Finchem and his crew have worked hard trying to make life after the major championships more relevant for years. It started with rolling the Tour Championship into the FedEx Cup Playoffs and it appears to have worked. Previously many of the big names (meaning Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson) were seldom seen on… Continue Reading →

by Jeff Skinner My bracket at The Match Play Championship may be blown to bits but my favorite golfer is still alive. Miguel Angel Jimenez sent Keegan Bradley home and proved that experience can get you a long way. Miguel has defeated two very hot golfers that are half his age in Bradley and Sergio Garcia. He’ll get to try it again on Friday as he faces his toughest test yet when he goes against another youngster in Rory McIlroy. … Continue Reading →

by Jeff Skinner It could be billed as the “Massacre at Dove Mountain” yesterday at The Accenture Match Play Championship. Fifteen lower seeds, the most ever in the events history, took out their opponents on day one. Losers included the top seed, world number one, Luke Donald. Also, two second seeds Webb Simpson and Adam Scott were sent home and last week’s champion Bill Haas lost a three up lead with five holes to play. Match Play is a fickle… Continue Reading →

by Jeff Skinner Any self respecting golfer always has his television tuned to The Golf Channel when there isn’t a live broadcast on one of the other networks. And while it is difficult to fill each hour of the day for the most part they do a wonderful job of keeping us golf fanatics interested and entertained. Morning Drive, Golf Central, Feherty, The Golf Fix and the Big Break all get more than their share of promos all day long.… Continue Reading →